OK, so I stole "Alexanderful" from Buggie- but it's fitting. Who can argue with five goals from the two Alexanders? Glad to see Semin is proving himself here. Always love a good hat trick from a Capital, especially on home ice (see the hats, left). While I still wasn't overly impressed with the power play (even though they scored on it twice) and the PK, I was glad to see that the shots on goal were way up (35 to CAR's 27). Carolina showed their frustration in the third period with a number of skirmishes and a questionable hit on Ovechkin from jerkwad Gleason. Fred got a pic of the aftermath. Ovechkin had this to say about the hit:
"I'm lucky," Ovechkin said. "I don't know what happened, but he play not fair. I just have move and he hits me."
I love Ovie's English, don't you?
Anyway, the fan experience was a good one (besides the awesome win, of course). The fan scrolls weren't as lame as they sounded. I didn't open mine, but a friend couldn't stop scrolling and unscrolling his; it seemed to be addictive. There was also a pep band playing in the concourse before the game, which was a nice touch. While it wasn't sold out, the arena was pretty full. Not too many Canes jerseys, which was a little surprising. And I only saw ONE pink jersey. Saw tons more of the female-cut Caps jerseys, which looked much better. Some new food options, including BBQ for the hoi polloi and cheese cups for the soft pretzels (thanks to Buggie, who had complained to Ted, who took care of it). Met Smokin' Al Koken before the game, who looked ready to go for his on-air interviews. Great game, wish they could all be like that (minus the cheap shot on Ovechkin, of course). Another year, another high-scoring season opening win. Can't beat that!
Here's the man of the hour, Alexander Semin!
4 comments:
I'm so happy that Donald was there to take care of business and rough up the Canes. We play them "only" 7 more times this year!! GO CAPS!!
Woo hoo! Even if it was brief and in passing, I got a mention in a post!
Happy scrolling,
My $0.02.
very cool to find not only a hockey fan, but a female hockey fan who's deeply into the Caps.
i just savaged the entire Capital organization in my division previews. But, as a native Flyers fan who remembers a lot of battles with the old red, white, and blue, I'm really sad that things are so bad there except for Ovechkin.
If you really want to see a cheap shot, look at what Ovechkin did today after the play and almost broke someone's neck against the boards when his back was turned.
He's out for probably 5 games now. How unsportsmanlike.
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